I'll play a game with her

"Let's play a game, Lady Lamdadelta. You choose the game. If I win, you'll agree to hear me out."

"Ha ha ha! You know what we witches like to hear, huh? But what do I get if I win?"

I told her she could take my life. This was an excellent bargaining chip: valuable to the average person but capable of endless replenishment in my hands.

"Huh? Listen, I know that prize is pretty worthless... I heard you used up one of your lives fapping to a fashion magazine. You don't seem to care very much about it and I wouldn't say anyone else does either. It's a suuuper lame prize..."

No... No, okay. She's right. I won't try to trick her any longer... I'll give her something really valuable. I've got it. I'm a writer! If I lose, I'll write a piece about whatever she likes and weave it into my story.

"Anything? Really?! Most writers today have super expensive commissions or don't agree to requests! I can't believe you're going to do that for me!"

I smirked, a look that didn't befit a man covered in syrup and powdered sugar, buried from the neck down in pancakes. Oh, Lady Lambdadelta... whatever challenge you give me, I have no intention of losing. Whatever challenge... what is that?

Lambdadelta had brought out an old fashioned CRT TV, the kind nowhere sells any more, even in my time, let alone yours. Plugged into it was an old video game system... vaguely familiar looking... with two controllers attached. Ah, Lady Lambda... when I said I played a game, I meant more like a riddle, or perhaps a magical game of power against power. Maybe even a cute playground game for children. Seeing a game like this instead is...

Fantastic.

As my sponsor has quipped several times throughout this story, I'm a child of the video game era. No type of game could suit me better, unless maybe it was a PC galge! I didn't tell her that, of course.

"Your eyes lit up, didn't they, Player?! I call this the Super Lambdacon! I've got all kinds of cartridge games that you only have to blow on just a little to make them work! They're all super fun, but like any old game that comes on a cartridge, they're a little tricky to beat!"

Ha ha ha... It doesn't matter what game she shows me. Super Malario World. MegaloMan. I've played them all.

"Then let's set the rules. If you beat all three games, then come back here, I'll give you Lady Lambdadelta's Super Special Ero Scene that you've been wanting this whoooole time! No strings attached! That sound good?"

Perfect. But what did she mean when she said "come back here?"

"Oh, I mean they explode when you finish them. These old games! Glitchy as heck, but you can't help but love them, right?"

A-Ah... Yes... Well, I'll have to make sure to come here once I've beaten all three games. For my sake and yours both, let's not repeat any games we've already played. Also, remember to go all the way to the kill condition and loop through, instead of using Previous Chapter, or else, we won't get the clear. Hm... Which will I start with then?